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Contest Rule Changes
Elimination of single point games
Added triple point games
Bullet points for missed games increased to 3pts, up from 2pts
Added 5th contest for Sports Bar App downloads

Contest Rules
Contest #1: Total points for entire season
Contest #2: Reset: Total points after game #15
Contest #3: Fina Four Pool Bracket (Top 64 players)
Contest #4 Grand Prize: Total points ACC and NCAA tournaments games through title game (contest continues even if UNC eliminated)
Contest #5 Miscellaneous prize to all players that refer 10 or more people that download Sports Bats App (more details to follow).

Bullet Points!
For the first 20 games, three (3) Bullet points will automatically be added for any player that forgets to post a prediction for a game. Thus, as long as a player posts a prediction for at least one game, he will receive 3 points for all games that he fails to make a prediction. This is applicable even if he does not make his first prediction until the 20th game of the season. In this case, he will still get 60 points for the first 20 games that he failed to make a prediction for. Bullet Points will be automatically added. You do not have to request them.

Points Awarded Per Game
27 pts--Max points, Triple points game
18 pts--Double points game
9 pts--Partial points, Triple points game
6 pts--Partial points, Double points game
3 pts--automatic points for any game missed (you failed to make a prediction) in first 20 games
Special Note: The single point games have been eliminated

Grand Prize (Contest #4)
Post Season Contest
Top 15 players in Contest #1 and # 2
ACC and NCAA Tournaments games through title game (contest continues even if UNC eliminated)
Prizes: Large Flat Screen TV, Laptop or Tablet (winner option)

Contest #1 Prizes
1st Place - 1-Year Subscription to Premium, plus miscellaneous prize
2nd Place - 3-Month Subscription to Premium, plus miscellaneous prize
3rd Place - 3-Month Subscription to Premium
4th Place-- 3-Month Subscription to Premium

Contest #2 Prizes
1st Place - 1-Year Subscription to Premium, plus miscellaneous prize
2nd Place - 3-Month Subscription to Premium, plus miscellaneous prize
3rd Place - 3-Month Subscription to Premium
4th Place-- 3- month Subscription to Premium

Contest #3 Prizes
1st Place - 3-Month Subscription to Premium

Double Winners—subscriptions can be stacked not to exceed 1 year premium subscription.

I’m not sure either team will score in this game.

Throwback to 2005 national championship team having fun: David Noel and company clowning

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I got to thinking about how us Heels fans always feel like the opposing QB has their best game of the year against us, so I put together the stats for every one that we played and how they fared in all their games so far this year. To summarize, this is what it looks like to me...

1. Moussa: had one of his better passing games vs UNC, but considering we're the only P5 that FAMU has played, you could make the case that it was his best game.
2. Brice: clearly the best game he's played all year - 6 passing TDs and his most rushing yards.
3. Grainger: not one of his best passing yardage games, but 3 TDs and one of his best rushing games.
4. Pyne: his best game - highest passing yards and tied for most TDs.
5. Wells: kudos to the Heels in this one as Wells had his worst game (or at least tied for his worst).
6. Van Dyke: clearly his best game - nearly 500 yards and 3 TDs.
7. Leonard: one of his two best games; basically a tie with total yards and TDs that he had in Temple game.

FINAL TALLY:
Best game: 4 (Brice, Pyne, Van Dyke, Leonard)
Good game: 2 (Moussa, Grainger)
Bad game: 1 (Wells)

Sad to say but the stats back up what we've all been seeing and thinking. I shudder to think what kind of numbers Hartmann will put up on us.

Brandon and I are in the press box and jacob and Kevin are on the sideline shooting tonight.

How will Carolina's defense play? Will the Heels get a run game going? Big play galore?

This is UNC's game to lose IMO, so let's see if the Heels are ready to take care of business.

The fighting Wufs host the squawking Gobblers tonight. It could prove to be a very ugly 9-6 type game.

Surfing today, currently watching the GT vs Florida St. game. Florida St. fumble on the goal line going in for a score. Score GT leading 3 to 0. Syracuse and ND tied at 7 with about 3 minutes to go in the first half. Still waiting on Louisville, and WF. Big game tonight, Go Heels!

The greatest field hockey player to ever lace them up at UNC has her final home game today. #1 UNC (13-0) will host #9 St. Joseph's (12-3) today at 2pm on the ACC Network. After this, the Heels finish the regular season at Duke before playing in the ACC Tournament at Duke beginning Nov 1.

It is the final home game for the great Erin Matson. Here are a few notes about Matson:

• Two-time National Player of the Year. (she will win this award again this year and become only the second player in NCAA Field Hockey history to win it 3X. The only other person to do it? UNC coach Karen Shelton)
• ACC All-Time Career Points leader (2% more than the #2 all-time leader)
• ACC All-Time Career Goals leader (28% more than the #2 all-time leader)
• NCAA #4 All-Time Career Points scorer (76% of the all-time leader)
• Team MVP 3 years in a row
• Named #10 in the ACC's 10 Top Female Athletes of All-Time (Mia Hamm is #1, Kristine Lilly #7)
• 2020 ACC Female Athlete of the Year
• Closing in on UNC’s career assists record. She has 57, one shy of second place.
• Had half of her pinkie finger blown off blocking a shot at Wake Forest in the 2021 season

This team is dynamite. Here are some notes about the team as a whole:

• After a Labor Day weekend defensive meltdown that nearly cost them the game, the team went on a 4-game stretch where they outscored opponents 24-0.
• The other Top 30 field hockey teams in the ACC are: #6 UVA, #12 SYR, #13 WFU, #17 BC, #27 Duke.
• UNC has beaten their ranked ACC opponents by a combined score of 15-5.
• In UNC's 13 games, they've faced 10 Top-25 teams.
• UNC's program has won 9 national championships
• The Freshman class is insanely talented, especially Ryleigh Heck.

Coach Karen Shelton has coached at UNC for 42 seasons. A friend close to both the field hockey and basketball teams says that Shelton reminds him of Dean Smith; the players are/were terrified of her/him. Both are socially awkward and will flat out put you in your place without really have to yell or cuss.

4 players out on injury report

Kirk Herbstreit really likes Drake Maye. Stephan A picks Pitt because somebody in Pittsburgh has got to win.

Suspended 10 days for shooting a toy gun in the school parking lot.

Loretta Lynn has died at age 90.



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